[Tokyo] Yasuhide Moriyama Exhibition - Beyond Anti-Art- July 8th (Sat) July 23rd(Sun), 2023

《Ode to Alumina 18-2》Oil and resin on canvas　76.37×63.77in 1990

Yasuhide Moriyama Exhibition　-Beyond Anti-Art-
July 8th (Sat) July 23rd (Sun), 2023
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

Avant guard art was at its height during the 1960’s, with different movements happening all over Japan. The Kyushu school of anti-art from Fukuoka was especially influential in the development of the anti-art group called “Shudan Kumo”, which was formed in Kitakyushu city. Yasuhide Moriyama, who was a prominent member of this group was arrested as a result of their increasingly extreme and provocative performances. At the end of a 3-year long trial, Moriyama left the court room declaring he will “go back to being a painter”. After 15 years of silence, Moriyama began to create art again, leaving an innumerable amount of work since.
This exhibition will have around 27 of his works from each series he has done since 1987, displaying the trajectory of Moriyama’s art.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Moriyama Yasuhide
Born in 1936 in Yahata city (current Kitakyushu city, Yahata Higashi ward). “Shudan-Kumo” formed in 1968. “Yasuhide Moriyama Dismantling and Regeneration” exhibition held at the Kitakyushu city museum in 2018. Residing in Kitakyushu city.


《By the waterfront 01》 Oil and resin on board 11.81×23.62in 2008

Talk event “Shudan-Kumo and Yasuhide Moriyama”
Date and time: July 8th (Sat), starting at 17:00
Cast for the Talk event :
Yoshitaka Mri (Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Global Arts)
Keiichi Miyakawa (Director at GALLERY SOAP)
Host: Kazunobu Abe (Senior managing Director at Mizoe Art Gallery)


Yoshitaka Mri


Keiichi Miyakawa